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Michael Bay
Known for: DirectingMichael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action movies with fast cutting, stylistic cinematography and visuals, and extensive use of special effects, including frequent depictions of explosions. The films he has directed include Bad Boys (1995) and its sequel Bad Boys II (2003), The Rock (1996), Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), the first five films in the Transformers film series, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), 6 Underground (2019), and Ambulance (2022). His films have grossed over US$7.8 billion worldwide, making him one of history's most commercially successful directors. He is co-founder of the production house the Institute and co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production house that has remade horror films, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Amityville Horror (2005), Friday the 13th (2009), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).
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A Quiet Place
The Forever Purge
A Quiet Place: Day One
The Purge: Anarchy
The Purge
The Purge: Election Year
Friday the 13th
Otok
6 Underground
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Pearl Harbor
Director, Producer
A Quiet Place Part II
Bad Boys for Life
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Producer
Transformers: The Last Knight
I Am Number Four
Producer
Bad Boys II
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Producer
Armageddon
Director, Producer
The Hitcher
Bad Boys
The First Purge
Pain & Gain
Director, Producer
The Rock
Director
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Producer
Transformeri
Songbird
Producer
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Ouija: Origin of Evil
The Amityville Horror
Producer
Bumblebee
Producer
Coyote Ugly
as Photographer
The Unborn
Ambulance
Director, Producer
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Project Almanac
Ouija
Drop
Apartment 7A
Producer
Horsemen
Producer
A Quiet Place Part III
Producer
A Man's Story
as Self